Barbara Sprunt
Barbara Sprunt is a producer on NPR's Washington desk, where she reports and produces breaking news and feature political content. She formerly produced the NPR Politics Podcast and got her start in radio at as an intern on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered and Tell Me More with Michel Martin. She is an alumnus of the Paul Miller Reporting Fellowship at the National Press Foundation. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania native.
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Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales has faced increasing pressure from his party to resign or drop out of his race after allegations of an affair with a staffer. -
Lawmakers are again pushing for votes on bills to reclaim congressional authority to declare wars. Previous efforts have failed, but lawmakers hope for renewed support amid the war with Iran.
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivered Democrats' official response to President Trump's State of the Union address while Sen. Alex Padilla of California gave the Spanish language reply.
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The newly elected governor of Virginia focused the Democratic response around affordability, a central issue to her party's campaign to win back the House this fall. -
The Texas Republican is facing calls from fellow House Republicans to resign, following allegations of an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. -
A stopgap bill to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security expires Friday night. DHS could be without funding for days, as the House and Senate are expected to be in recess next week.
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Congressional Democrats have a list of demands to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But tensions between the two parties are high and the timeline is short — the stopgap bill funding DHS runs out Friday. -
Members of a House committee will question top immigration officials as lawmakers discuss possible changes to immigration enforcement operations.
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NPR congressional correspondent Barbara Sprunt watched U.S. lawmakers attempt a diplomatic rescue mission in Denmark amid the Greenland crisis.
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Senate Democrats say they have a deal on the table to separate DHS funding from a package of five other appropriations bills. Once those bills are passed, they will have to once again be approved by the House.
